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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-05-2011 Park Board Packet• Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 CITY OF LINO LAKES PARK BOARD MEETING Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 6:OOpm Council Chambers - Televised ** *AGENDA * ** 1. Swear In Reappointed Park Board Members George Lindy, Matt Koehn and Charles Evans 2. Call to Order and Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes from February 7, 2011 4. Setting Agenda • 5. Open Mike 6. Request For Tennis Wall at Clearwater Creek Park 7. Review Recreation Department Update • 8. Review Parks Department Update A. Skate Park Vandalism B. Birch Park Building Fire 9. Old Business 10. New Business 11. Next Park Board Meeting — August 1, 6:30pm 12. Adjourn If you are unable to attend the meeting please call Sandie at 651 982 -2442. sw /parkbrd /7 -5 -11 Park Board Agenda.doc Park Board Meeting — February 7, 2011 Minutes • The Monday February 7, 2011 City of Lino Lakes Park Board meeting was called to order at 6:40p.m. by Acting Chair Pat Huelman. Members present were, Byron Roland, Richard Jensen, Pat Huelman, Charles Evans and Matt Koehn. Members absent were George Lindy and Bill Kusterman. Also present was Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director and Sandie Wood, Public Services Office Manager. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM APRIL 5, 2010: Matt Koehn made a motion to approve the April 5, 2010 minutes. Seconded by Charles Evans and approved as written. SETTING AGENDA: There were no changes to the agenda. OPEN MIKE: No one was present for open mike. 5. Review and Adopt 2011 Park Board Meeting Schedule Staff recommended the following 2011 Park Board meeting dates. Please note the September meetings will be the annual park tour and bbq: • Monday, February 7, 2011 Monday, August 1, 2011 Monday, March 7, 2011 Tuesday, September 6, 2011 — Tour and BBQ Monday, April 4, 2011 Monday, October 3, 2011 Monday, May 2, 2011 Monday, November 7, 2011 Monday, June 6, 2011 Monday, December 5, 2011 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 • Richard Jensen made a motion to approve the 2011 Park Board Meeting dates Seconded by Matt Koehn and approved as presented. 6. DISCUSS POSSIBLE 2011 PARK BOARD GOALS: Rick reviewed the 2010 year end Park Dedication Fund Summary. He told members there was very limited activity. There is currently $25,802 of undesignated funds. He said the Park Board has the option to recommend a 2011 Park Board goal to the City Council, or determine the use of the undesignated funds at a future time. Rick said one project for consideration is a new park shelter at Sunrise Park. He went on to say that in July, 2010 Park Shelter #2 at Sunrise Park was damaged during a storm resulting in several roof panels needing replacement. In addition, the existing support posts and concrete pad have deteriorated over the past 25+ years. There is an additional park shelter (Park Shelter #1) near the main parking lot. This park shelter is also 25+ years old and is in rough shape (damaged roof, rusted posts and heaving concrete pad). Sunrise Park is by far the most heavily used city park in Lino Lakes. , • Park Board Meeting — February 7, 2011 Minutes Rick said staff is recommending to completely remove Park Shelter #2 and to replace Park Shelter #1 with a new shelter. Estimated costs for a new park shelter are $25,000, including materials, installation, concrete slab, and footings. Insurance coverage for the damage to Park Shelter #2 amounts to $6,000 which could be applied toward the purchase of a new park shelter. With the summer playground program starting mid - June and the Family Corn Roast and Community Night scheduled for July 28, staff suggests that we proceed quickly if the Park Board determines that this should be a 2011 Park Board Goal. He added if so, he would forward the recommendation to the City Council for approval. Members had questions about the age of the shelter and the size of the replacement shelter. Rick answered that the shelter had been installed in the park in the late 70's early 80's. He said that he thought a 20'x34' rectangular shelter, that would hold 10 picnic tables would be sufficient. Removal of the shelter and a lot of the site prep would be done by Park Maintenance Staff. Richard Jensen made the motion, seconded by Byron Roland to use undesignated park dedication funds and the $6,000 insurance money to put a new park shelter in Sunrise Park. Motion passed. Members mentioned that they would still like to see a shelter put in Marshan Park. This will be discussed at a future meeting. 7. RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick discussed the memo included in the Park Board Member's packets. He touched on the playground program, Safety Camp, Gobbler Games, Secret Holiday Shop, Breakfast with Santa, football and soccer. He said there are approximately 100 kids registered for the Sweetheart Party and that there were over 800 people in attendance for Snow Day in January, 2011. He talked about some programs being offered in 2011. They are Princess Party, Super Hero Boot Camp, the Spring Fling in April and the Family Corn Roast & Community Night in July. Rick also told members that Tanya is now doing programming for the Senior Center as Peg Smith retired in December. The brochure will be out in February and it will market programs for this spring, summer, and fall. He reminded members that we do not put programs in the summer city newsletter. Members wanted to know what the Marshan Park building was used for. Rick said we do arts and craft classes as well as the preschool playtime program. It is also used for storing program equipment. 7a. 2010 PUPPET SHOWS RECAP: ill The Puppet Shows 2010 Recap was included in the packets. Rick said this program was awesome and said a big thanks to the Shoreview Parks and Recreation Department for loaning us their wagon for the four shows. They also provided experienced staff. They interacted with the children and kept them engaged the whole 2 Park Board Meeting — February 7, 2011 Minutes • time. Popcorn and lemonade was served for free at each of the shows. The kids were also able to do crafts with some of Lino Lakes Playground staff. • Rick discussed the dates, locations and the number of people that attended each show. He talked about how the shows were advertised, staffing and crafts offered at the shows. Expenses for each show included Lino Lakes seasonal staff, refreshments and $135 for Shoreview staff and Puppet Wagon. This program will be done again the summer of 2011 in Country Lakes, Clearwater Creek and Highland Meadows Park. 8. PARKS DEPARTMENT UPDATES: The Park Maintenance Update was included in the Park Board Member's packets. Rick said there had been some vandalism in the parks. The kids were caught in one incident and the City was reimbursed for the damages. He reported that the three dog - i -pot stations installed last fall are being heavily used. He has received many positive comments from residents about these stations. There was discussion about the warming house locations for the 2010/2011 season. Rick reported that the rinks are located at Sunrise, Birch and City Hall Parks. He added that a warming house season report will be on the next Park Board agenda. Rick asked members to read through the Park Maintenance Update and to contact him if they had any questions. 9. OLD BUSINESS: There was no Old Business. 10. NEW BUSINESS: Matt Koehn brought up how the City of Blaine was going to be generating revenue by charging usage fees for youth groups to use their facilities. He said the fees collected would help offset the costs of chalking and maintaining the fields. He said he would e- mail Rick a copy of what he received from Blaine. NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING: The next Park Board meeting will be held on Monday, March 7, 6:30p.m. ADJOURN: Richard Jensen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Chuck Evans. The meeting was adjourned at 7:22p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Sandra Wood Public Services Office Manager These minutes were approved at the July 5, 2011 Park Board Meeting. 3 • Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino - lakes.mn.us June 30, 2011 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director SUBJECT: Request for Tennis Wall at Clearwater Creek Park Earlier this month staff received a request to install an 8' x 24' plywood wall for tennis at Clearwater Creek Park (see attached Exhibit A). A survey was then sent out to area residents to solicit feedback on this request (see attached Exhibit B). BACKGROUND 111 In September, 1999 the City obtained 5.5 acres of parkland in the Clearwater Creek Third Addition for a neighborhood park. In November, 2000 a master planning meeting was held to allow area residents an opportunity to provide input on what amenities they would like to be considered. A follow -up meeting was held to review and comment on some better defined scaled master plans. The final master plan was subsequently adopted by the City Council in 2001 (see attached Exhibit C). • In 2001, the City applied for and was awarded a $125,000 Outdoor Recreation Grant from the Minnesota DNR to develop Clearwater Creek Park. The park was developed during 2002 -2003. The park is fully developed per the adopted master plan with the exception of the sand volleyball court. SURVEY The attached survey was sent to 320 area residents on June 10. Seventy -three surveys were returned with the following results: YES 42 NO 25 DOESN'T MATTER 6 All comments from returned surveys have been compiled and are attached (see Exhibit D). • STAFF COMMENTS /ANALYSIS Aesthetics - Typically these types of walls are placed along the periphery (or less visible area) of a park so only one side of the wall is visible to park users. Landscaping is often used to "soften" the view. Placing an 8' high x 24'wide tennis wall board adjacent to the 1/2 basketball court will certainly become a visual focal point to all park users and nearby residents. With the nearest house approximately 200 feet from the proposed tennis wall location, noise may also become an issue for adjacent residents. Maintenance - Maintenance would primarily consist of painting /sealing the plywood every two years. Any issues with vandalism /graffiti would also need to be resolved. Weed whipping around the posts would also be needed during mowing operations. Conflicting Uses - Since basketball players and tennis wall users may utilize the same paved area (50' x 48') simultaneously, unsafe situations will most likely arise. For example, tennis balls might ricochet /bounce in the immediate vicinity where basketball is being played. There is less concern with tennis balls being hit into the open green space possibly disrupting park users. Signage would need to be considered to inform park users that multi -use of the paved area isn't permitted. (However this would be impractical to enforce, so are we creating potential for conflicts ?) In addition, having a solid wall adjacent to the basketball playing area (even though away from the basket) may increase the chance of injury (i.e. colliding with the plywood wall). After taking into consideration all aspects pertaining to this request, it is staff's recommendation to not install a tennis wall board at Clearwater Creek Park. However, if the Park Board decides to have the tennis wall board installed, park maintenance staff can probably begin the work mid -July. Estimated material costs are around $500. • • • May 27, 2011 Mr. Rich DeGardnee Lino Lakes Parks & Recreation Dear Rich, itaa X +� -- A I talked to you on the phone about a month about an idea for small addition to the Clear Water Creek Park. The idea is a place for children, and teens to practice their tennis stroke and coordination by using a plywood 8x24 foot plywood wall. There are many tennis courts that have such a wall to practice on. There is a great location in the park- -that is a 45x45 foot piece of asphalt in which there is a basketball hoop on the north side of the pavement. I would propose having the plywood wall on the east side of pavement. I visited Menards for pricing of materials. Needed: 7 4x4 treated posts, 6 sheets of 4x8 plywood % inch, and about 25 2x4. Also needed cement, posthole digger, and stain. Total cost: $350- -$400. My daughter and son -in -law live right next to the park, very near this piece of pavement. We would be willing to do the installation work and maybe even help at little in the cost. If the Park board would approve such a project and the budget would be able to afford most the cost, that would be great! Also, if you think it would be advisable, I could poll the ten or so of the nearest neighbors to ask how they would feel about such a project. I believe that a number of children want to use this, and I know that my granddaughters would use it almost every day and could become proficient tennis players if they would be able to practice more than once or twice a week on a tennis court. We would appreciate your consideration on this idea. Please feel free to call me: 651- 653 -1552 or my son -in -law, Tim Cave 651- 261 -0951, about this idea. Roger Mollet -�1 7 • gxhi6,J Lino Lakes Public Services Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino - lakes.mn.us • • June 10, 2011 RE: Request For Tennis Wall at Clearwater Creek Park Dear Resident: The City of Lino Lakes recently received a request to install an 8' x 24' plywood wall for tennis at Clearwater Creek Park. The proposed location is along the eastern side of the 1/2 court basketball court. I am sending this survey to area residents to determine if this proposal is supported. Please complete the information below and return (mail or fax) by Thursday, June 23 so staff has adequate time to compile the results for the Tuesday, July 5th Park Board meeting. Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Dept. 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Fax - 651 - 982 -2439 Sincerely, adcaiireet, Rick DeGardner Public Services Director N CLEARWATER CREEK PARK TENNIS WALL SURVEY - JUNE, 2011 Address Do you support the City of Lino Lakes installing a plywood wall at Clearwater Creek Park for tennis? YES NO DOESN'T MATTER Comments CITY OF LINO LAKES PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT c C 1 07 ci 2 co E0114 • Main Trail Loop int / Entrance Picnic Tables a Sand Volleyball '�C ►�'t D Clearwater Creek Park Tennis Wall Survey — June, 2011 Listed below are the responses received on the returned surveys. • I hope it will be weather resistant and will be maintained. • Great idea! We'd use it all the time! • How long does plywood last before it needs to be replaced? How many people are looking for this? Hopefully more than 1 family. Nice addition for variety. • I believe the proposed wall will obstruct the view, be noisy with balls on plywood and be unsafe with balls going in street and children running out onto street in the curved area. • Was this sent to only Clearwater Creek residents or to all city residents? What is the cost? That might change my answer. • I think this would be great! • I don't like the idea of using plywood, which warps and degrades. I feel it will quickly become an eyesore in this nice, well maintained neighborhood. • There are many children in the neighborhood that would benefit from the tennis wall. I have two children that would use this wall. • This would disrupt the view of the park and be an eyesore. It would also be the perfect location for teenaged hoodlums to tag with graffiti. • Think a complete tennis would be great. Also, know it does cost, I know! Park is nice, but not much for us "Big Kids ". • I would love to see a full tennis court placed next to the basketball court. • Will be difficult to maintain and will be in disrepair after first few years. • Would seem to be an eyesore in this park. • We would like to see a tennis court built on the north side of the 1/2 court basketball court. A tennis wall would be hard to use because the basketball court is used fairly frequently. Our family would definitely use a tennis court. It has been the one thing I've always wished our park had. • Awesome! • A wall that large would be unsightly and could lead to graffiti. • We need a stop sign on the corner of Tart Lake Road and LaCasse. This needs to happen before a child gets hurt. Especially when sports are going on and they are parking on both sides of street. • Don't spend more of MY tax dollars. • Absolutely! Yes! Please! It would be nice to have at least a backboard within walking distance of our house. • Make it blend into the • Great idea. I see this as a way to maximize the basketball court. • I assume the money comes from taxes and I don't think it's wise for the city to spend money on things like this at this time. • How about a hockey rink? There are a lot of kids that play in our area! We don't have kids, but it would be nice! • I would support this if the back side of the tennis wall was completely flat and then it could also be used as a soccer kickboard. • Thanks • We feel it would clutter the park and bball court and wouldn't use it. • It seems very large & would be an eyesore for an otherwise open feel park. • Noise/ Graffiti/ Weeds/ Ugly Clearwater Creek Park Tennis Wall Survey — June, 2011 • This will cheapen our park & neighborhood. Kids will paint graffiti on it, how • about we get 15mph speed limit signs around park & fix the rust on canopy structure. It would look awful. • A wall is good, but I would like a tennis court or two. • One concern, the potential for conflict with people playing basketball. It would be better if they could be further apart. • Put in a nice tennis court not a cheap piece of plywood! Keep the park classy looking. • Will not support any changes to the park since the ice rink got turned down. That would get more use then a piece of plywood! • We are across front the Park and do not wish to have the view obstructed. • Great idea! • Please consider putting in a baseball diamond in the park as well. • Not big enough space to share plus BIG eye sore for neighborhood. I do support a much needed crosswalk for kids to safely cross Tart Lake Road. How do we get one of those? • Sorry this is late. • Strongly oppose. Would negatively impact our view of the park since the proposed location is directly across from our house. • We really would like to see an ice rink in the winter! • Too much noise! • I don't think that it's cost effective for just a half wall. • • Our only concern is how high the wall would be in that it may be attractive for climbing. We would be interested in safety considerations taken into account. • I feel it will be an eyesore, not be maintained, and will be used primarily for hockey which will destroy the wall. • I would also like to see kids use the park for practices again. How can this happen? S drive /Parks and Recreation /Clearwater Creek Park Tennis Wall Survey — June, 2011.doc 6/30/11 • • Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino-lakes.mn.us Date: June 27, 2011 To: Park Board From: Lino Lakes Recreation Supervisors — Brian Hronski and Tanya Mozingo RE: Department Updates • T -Ball is in full swing and we have 135 3 -6 year olds playing this summer. • We are offering beginning, intermediate and advanced tennis for children ages 5 -15. We have 125 participants registered for summer tennis. • Our Baseball camp ended June 23 and we had 60 ball players in one of the annual summer's best Lino Lakes camp! • Cougar Soccer Camp ran June 27 —June 30 and we had 70 youth soccer players registered which has • been an annual camp as well. • • We have over 175 kids signed up for our Soccer Fundamentals class. In this class the young soccer players are learning the basic skills of soccer while playing fun games. • Youth and adult golf lessons are in full swing and our golf instructor Phil Biesanz has been busy teaching the finer points of golf. • Youth Golf Academy is once again being offered and we have 40+ participants taking part in the 5 day academy. Each golfer plays 9 holes on Friday to complete the camp! • Skyhawks Academy just finished a youth Flag Football Camp last week! 18 participants enjoyed a full week of football skills and fun! • Adult Softball is past the summer season's midway point and the weather has not cooperated! We will be needing some good weather and a few make -ups dates to finish the season. We have 27 adult softball teams playing in Lino Lakes this summer • Fall Soccer and Football sign -ups have started at City Hall. We expect 400 youth soccer players and 350 youth football players to register by the middle of July! The season for both sports will start in Mid - August! • The Playground Program and Preschool Playtime are off to a great start. o The Playground Program is full at four of our eight sites. We have 25 top -notch staff on hand this year to spend the summer with the children! Theme weeks this year include: Jungle Safari, Culinary Creations (all about healthy eating and being active), Yankee Doodle Dandy and more! Participants will also be visited by a Lino Lakes Police Officer, Wargo Naturalist and Centennial Fire Fighter as well as our own Art Specialists. o Preschool Playtime has a total of 33 children registered. They have the same theme weeks as the Playground Program and have created projects such as: potato heads for Culinary Creations week, macaroni hats for Yankee Doodle Dandy week. More fun projects are planned for the rest of the summer! • The Puppet Shows are back this summer and Shoreview Parks and Recreation is kind enough to partner with us again. o Our first show on June 22 was rained out and we are working to reschedule that show. o The next shows are at Highland Meadows Park on July 6 and at Clearwater Creek Park on July 20. • Summer camp registrations are going well. o We have opened extra sessions of Splendid Summer Art Camp and Artists Sampler Camp. Other art camps are filling quickly. o Other summer programs include: Dodgeball camp and field trips to the Minnesota Zoo and Bunker Beach Water Park. • Special Events: o Snow Day was held in January and we had a record turnout of over 800 attendees. o Sweetheart Party was held in February and we partnered with Blaine Parks and Recreation as well as Centennial Community Services. There were 124 children and their sweethearts who attended this event. Participants enjoyed refreshments, open gym, a DJ and arts and crafts. o The first ever Princess Party was held in March and planned with Centennial Community Services. There were a total of 114 princesses who participated in arts and craft projects, a fashion show, face painting and got to meet Belle and Cinderella. o Super Hero Boot Camp was a blast. Participants came dressed as their favorite Super Hero and spent the morning partaking in carnival games all with a Super Hero theme. A total of 60 Super Heroes spent the morning with us. We plan on offering this event again next year but earlier in the year to help boost numbers. o Our first annual Spring Fling event was held on a bitterly cold day in April and we had a phenomenal turn out. There were 220 children who showed up to hunt for eggs and try their luck at finding the golden egg. Participants were divided into three age groups and had the opportunity to collect eight eggs a piece. All participants also received a goodie bag with small toys and flyers about upcoming summer programs. It was a great first event. o Kite Day was held on June 4 at Rice Lake Elementary; we had a beautiful day and handed over 170 kites to residents of all ages! • Up Coming Special Events: o Family Corn Roast and Community Night on July 28 at Sunrise Park. We are excited to offer this one of a kind family event. We will have live music, a magician, arts and crafts, bounce house and concessions for families to enjoy. o Safety Camp is being held in August at Blue Heron Elementary. Registrations are coming in steadily for this collaborative program. o Middle School Beach Party will be held at Centerville Beach again this summer at the end of August. This event is planned with Anoka County Parks and Recreation as well as Centennial Community Services. • The Lino Lakes Senior Center is going smoothly. We have offered one or two group outings each month and participants seem to enjoy the variety. Groups are still meeting at their regular times and enjoying the opportunity to have a place to gather. o We are offering some longer day trips as well which was requested by some of the members and they are filling up nicely. In July we are going to St. Cloud to visit the granite quarry, partake in the traveling White House exhibit and see the beautiful Munsinger Gardens. o The Forest Lake Senior Center and the Chain of Lake YMCA Seniors are joining us on some of our trips. This partnership has worked out great so far. • Tae Kwon Do and Dance classes are still going strong with a core group of followers and new participants joining as well. This summer we are holding these classes at the Senior Center to help avoid special access fees charged at the schools during the summer months. Numbers have remained steady even with a new location. • • Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us 8 June 28, 2011 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: February 2011 — June 2011 A quick recap of the maintenance activities: February 2011 • Snow Removal — Streets, parking lots, cul -de -sacs and city trails. • Rink Maintenance — Daily sweeping, blowing, shoveling and flooding of four hockey and three pleasure rinks • Equipment Maintenance March 2011 • Park Tree Pruning — Canopy raising and structural pruning of young and established shade trees. • Birch Park Fire (Insurance Claim) — We were involved with some of the initial cleanup. A contractor was hired for the repairs and restoration. Building has been fully restored and is currently hosting summer playground program. April 2011 • Sunrise Park Shelter — As you know, the roof of Sunrise Shelter #2 was damaged in a storm last summer Sunrise Shelter #1 was already suffering from old age (30+ years) and a leaky roof. As a result it was decided to remove both shelters and replace with one larger modern shelter. Work performed included: o Removed roof panels — Shelter #1. o Removed damaged Box elder tree next to Shelter #1. o Removed existing concrete slabs and shelter frames from #1 and #2. o Restored and seeded area around Shelter #2. • Blow Trails — Used new Buffalo Blower to blow debris (sand, sticks, leaves) off city trails. • Stump ground and restore 20+ stumps located at various parks. • Ash tree removal and replacement with the impending threat of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) looming on the horizon staff has been working on a preparedness plan for EAB. Part of the plan calls for removal of younger, smaller diameter trees as well as older, larger diameter trees with defects. Late last year we were awarded a DNR Community Forest Bonding Grant in the amount of $25,000 to replace Ash Trees with native trees in city parks and boulevards. In April and May city staff removed 74 Ash trees from city parks and replaced them with 92 2" Ball & Bagged trees in the following parks: Park Name Removed Replaced Lino Park 7 7 Sunrise Park 12 13 Behm's Park 10 10 Highland Meadows Park 0 14 City Hall Park 7 7 Wenzel Farms Park 1 3 Marshan Park 18 18 Clearwater Creek Park 19 19 TOTAL 74 91 Species planted included: Description No of Tree Planted Hackberry 20 Princeton American Elm 14 Sentry American Linden 12 Northern Red Oak 12 Swamp White Oak 5 Bur Oak 11 Northern Pin Oak 12 Kentucky Coffee Tree 5 TOTAL 91 Plant material cost was $12,725.00 all of which was covered by the grant. Our labor costs are not covered by the grant. The remaining trees, approximately 80 -90 will be planted on city boulevards to replace existing boulevard Ash Trees. We will begin the removals this summer with replacement planting this fall and next spring. • Athletic field inspections and maintenance field layouts and painting. Moving, anchoring and hanging nets on soccer goals. • Playground inspections and repair. • Equipment conversion from winter to spring/summer. Storage of winter equipment. May 2011 • Weekly garbage pickup. • Mowing and trimming. • Landscape Beds. o Clean and trim last year's growth. o Apply pre- emergent control • Sunrise Park Shelter o Prepared location site (staff). o Pour concrete footings and slab. (contracted) o Installed new shelter (contracted) o Grade, sod and seed (staff). • Irrigation system startups and repairs. • • Basketball court resurfacing at Pheasant Hills Park, Clearwater Creek Park, Highland Meadows Park, Behm's Park and Wenzel Farms Park. Work included: o High pressure wash and scrubbing. o Primer coat. o Patch and blend "birdbaths ". o Crack repair. o Apply two texture resurface coats. o Apply two color resurface coats. o Apply 2" white playing lines. (contracted project). June 2011 • Weekly garbage. • Weekly mowing and trimming when weather allowed. • Water Sunrise sod and new ball and burlap park trees as needed. • Irrigation system repairs: o Raised 20+ heads at Clearwater Creek Park. o Zone wired repairs at Behm's Park. o Added three drip line zones to Town Center's system (contracted). • Round Up application at Town Center, Legacy Site, Community Green, City Hall Park and Lino Park. • Spring fertilizer application. That is a quick recap of the major maintenance activities from February through June. sw /parkbrd /Mike /July 2011 Update.doc • • Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us June 30, 2011 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director SUBJECT: Skate Park Vandalism The City Hall Skate Park (created in 2001) area continues to experience problems including vandalism to the park building, graffiti on ramps and bituminous, vehicles illegally parked on the grass, damage to trees, and trash tossed on the ground. The most recent incident occurred on June 7t". The park building sustained damage as a result of the siding getting kicked in several areas. Estimated repairs amount to almost $4,000. On June 22, several laminated flyers were posted at the Skate Park. The flyer states, "The City of Lino Lakes cannot continue to provide dollars to make repairs for skate park users that are not respectful of park property. Unless information is provided to the Lino Lakes Police Dept (651- 982 -2300) on who committed the damage to the park building, the Skate Park will be permanently closed on Thursday, June 30." The Lino Lakes Police Dept has not yet been provided any information. Staff is requesting that the Park Board consider permanently closing the Skate Park. • • y Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us June 30, 2011 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director SUBJECT: Birch Park Building Fire On February 27, 2011 the portable restroom at Birch Park was set on fire. Unfortunately, the fire spread to the Park Building causing significant damage. Approximately $42,000 in damages was incurred to the exterior and interior of the park building as well as a tractor that was being stored inside, and the portable restroom. All repairs have been made and the Park Building is being utilized by our summer programs. It is my understanding that two juveniles were charged and have been convicted of felony negligent fire.